Yesterday we did the 5 hour trip from Elon heading straight north with only a few stops to dilly dally. We arrived at Jen’s home home around 11:30pm but we knew sleep was well needed because tomorrow we would be walking all over the nations capitol.

After a bowl of cheerios and a yogurt snack (don’t you love the details) we headed to the Shady Grove Metro station to board the subway which would be taking us into the District of Columbia. That day was calling for another scorcher, with temperatures crawling into the upper 90’s it wasn’t spring anymore. The day consisted of walking around the Air and Space museum, which was a riot hearing everybody’s comments complaining about the hot weather, then walking around to the monuments. We almost made it Abe but with the time needed for dinner in China Town we had to cut it short so we’d help our pounding headaches and dry throats. After having a tasty meal in China Town which are always on par, we headed back home with full tummies and sore feet. You thought today was a long day, tomorrow would be an early bird catches the worm day….try getting up at 4:30am!!!

Okey, so getting up at 4:30 wasn’t so bad. First you get to appreciate what you miss every morning which was a beautiful sunrise with painted pink clouds, secondly you got to be the first to launch the boat into the water. We headed to the Potomac River that had a railroad tracks running parallel to it with the occasional traversing bridge which was a cool site of metal beams strechting across the river. Today was a fishing venture, something not visited since my childhood. I can remember the good ole days of fishing with my aunt Tia off the pier in Atlantic Beach, NC.

We were first to arrive at the marina (imagine that) so we got great spots along the bank. After a quick 5 minute lesson in casting, I was a pro…. I thought. In the first hour of our peaceful fishing trip I was able to tangle my line into a tree branch and also get my luer stuck under a rock. Anyway you could think of getting a line stuck I did it, but after my string of bad luck things started to look up. There’s a whole technique of fishing were you cast the line, let it set, reel the slack in, pull the rod up, reel the slack in and repeat. After this monotinous task is done over and over you start to notice nibbles here and there. Before I new it I caught one!! A little fish but nonetheless a fish. I was ecstatic. There…may day was done. Ohhhh no, not yet. Many hours later I caught a pretty good size fish, so big it actually gave me a little run around the back side of the boat. I learned a good fish catch is one where you have to get the net out. Wahoo. Now I was impressed and done with my fishing saga. I couldn’t push my luck anymore. =)

I would say this was a great day for the first time spending a long weekend in the state of Maryland. So far nothing has been too weird. I actually kinda feel the hospitality of my state minus the fact that we don’t have 7-11’s around every corner or Jimmy Cones either. I’ve enjoyed my stay so far but it’s only halfway through. I must say, I will definitely we coming back in the near future.